Pups in Cups
Pups in Cups is a finished baby quilt! After sharing my Kittens in Cups, I immediately had quite a few requests for Puppies. Working with the same dimensions, I did my best to create dogs in two poses, just like the cats. It was fun choosing fabrics from my scraps
Cozy Cats
This quilt is my favourite cat quilt so far! This is Cozy Cats, featuring cats lounging on comfy chairs. My chairs feature florals. I chose cat fabrics from my neutral scrap buckets. And made one orange and white cat to match our Fluffy. For the backing I chose this festive
Copy Cats
Introducing Copy Cats, a great pattern for using up scraps! I chose to make a few yellow cats to highlight throughout the quilt. The other fabrics were chosen from my blue and green scrap buckets. For the backing I chose this bright blue modern print and love how it compliments
Kittens in Cups
How do you like your tea? One (lump) kitten or two? It’s hard to pick a favourite…. They’re each so darn cute!!!! How would you decide? I just can’t decide!!!! They were each so fun to choose fabrics for… And so fun to put together! For the backing I chose
Scottie Dogs
Scottie Dogs is a finished quilt! I simply adore the curious expressions on these little Scottie Dogs! And the two meeting nose to nose are my absolute favourites! When recently hunting for a matching set of dark and light prints to make these perky pups, I was not disappointed! These
Whale Pod
Whale Pod is my latest finish! I chose a bright array of rainbow prints to make my whales. And blue bubbles for the ocean. This quilt was fun to make and I love the happy smiling faces on the whales. I found this cute nautical print on a recent fabric
Noah’s Ark
Introducing the Noah’s Ark baby quilt! This little project came together nicely. And I am so pleased with the whales that I found for the backing!!! Most of the fabrics are from my stash, but I needed to order some orange for the rainbow, so when I seen the whales,
Foxes Foxes Foxes
This quilt is one of three recent finishes in a similar style. This Foxes Foxes Foxes design is great for digging into your fabric scraps. One floral fox is my feature fox and the binding is this black and grey honeycomb print. I used the same floral print for the
Dog House
Welcome summer!!! And Happy Canada Day, eh!!! This quilt features a house full of dogs. One is really enough… These dogs each have a ball or a bone. How much is that doggy in the window? The pattern has two dog poses: sitting or standing, one in each window and
Dogs Dogs Dogs
This quilt is one of three recent finishes in a similar style. This Dogs Dogs Dogs design is great for digging into your fabric scraps. One black dog is my feature dog and the binding is this black and grey honeycomb print. The backing has psychedelic dogs and rainbows, but
Weiner Dog
Weiner Dog is in the mail!!! He’s heading for my niece’s home, along with a wee weiner dog stuffie. My niece and her husband are expecting their first baby! And have already been waiting a loooooong time. The quilting is my usual organic wavy lines from edge to edge, using
Spring Giveaway!!!
I don’t know about you…. but I can’t wait for SPRING! I found these pretty fat quarters last time I went fabric shopping. Perfect for 3 friends! Made this pouch one day because I wanted to use the rainbow scrap from my Noah’s Ark quilt. It’s very deeeep! Perfect for
Zoo Keeper
Introducing Zoo Keeper 1 and Zoo Keeper 2! Zoo Keeper 1 features a zebra and a giraffe. Zoo Keeper 2 features an elephant, some bananas and a few cheeky monkeys. Both of these are backed in a cozy minky that inspired me to design these zoo animals. Planning on donating
Book Shelf Cats
Happy little kittens on a book shelf. This sweet make reminds me a lot of my first quilt, designed with my daughter in mind. She loved cats and she loved reading. And still does! She will be graduating from university this spring and will be a physical education teacher! I
Bookkeeper Quilt
Bookkeeper is my first finish for 2024!!! And we have snow for a bright white background. I decided to make a narrower bookshelf for the backing. I used a bit of improvisation and made the Good Book on the top shelf. I adore the cool blues and greens used for
Cats in Hats
Thank you so much for joining me in celebrating over ten years of Sew Fresh Quilts! My very first blog post was on December 24th of 2012, back when I used blogger here ❄️ Even after all this time, quilting still gives me a lot of satisfaction. And I am
Cozy Dogs
This quilt is my second last finish for the year. This is Cozy Dogs, featuring dogs lounging on comfy chairs. My chairs feature festive forest birds of winter. I chose dog fabrics from my neutral scrap buckets. My favourite of all the poses is this one with his paw hanging
Cats in Hats
The snow is here, so this quilt top gets a late night indoor photo shoot! Oh SNOW!!! ❄️ These little kittens have lost their mittens! This is Cats in Hats. These cute little cats were so much fun to make. Beginning with raiding my scraps buckets to choose fabrics for
Cats in Boxes
The snow is here now, but these photos were taken late in the fall! Oh SNOW!!! ❄️ This is Cats in Boxes. These cute little cats are doing what cats do. If I fits…. I sits! I had enough of this print remaining after using it to back the Dog
Dog Daze
The Dog Days of Summer are long gone, as we are full on into dall here now. This quilt is called Dog Daze and features four different styles of dogs. Their faces are basically the same, but their ears and neck lengths vary. The front fabrics are all neutrals –
